The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting andPoetry, by W. G. ArcherThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and PoetryAuthor: W. G. ArcherRelease Date: April 6, 2004 [EBook #11924]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LOVES OF KRISHNA ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andrea Ball and PG DistributedProofreaders[Illustration: _Radha and Krishna in the Grove_ Kangra(Punjab Hills), c. 1785]THE LOVES OF KRISHNAIN INDIAN PAINTINGAND POETRYByW. G. ARCHERToMR. AND MRS. H. N.WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSI am deeply indebted to Dr. A.L. Basham for generous guidance throughoutthe preparation of this book, to George Keyt for permitting me to quoteextensively from his brilliant translation of the _Gita Govinda_, and toDeben Bhattacharya who supplied me with new translations of later poemsand discussed a number of important points. I must also express my deepgratitude to Mildred Archer and to Gopi Krishna Kanoria for valuedcriticism and advice, to Messrs. Faber and Faber, the Harvill Press,Messrs. Macmillan, the Oxford University Press, the Phoenix House andMessrs. Sidgwick and Jackson for permitting me to quote ...